PROJECT TOPIC: Rights and Obligations of a Patentee under the

Patents Act, 1970

The assignment is written on the topic “Rights and Obligations of the Patentee”. When the true
and first owner of the invention got its invention patented under law of the country at the same
time he also get some rights related to that and when there are rights awarded to any person there
must be some obligation/restriction there to restraint the owner of right holder to do any unlawful
act.
Protection of Intellectual Property in India and International Regime

Most countries have established national regimes to provide protection to the IPR within its
jurisdiction. Except in the case of copyrights, the protection granted to the inventor/creator in a
country (such as India) or a region (such as European Union) is restricted to that territory where
protection is sought and is not valid in other countries / Regions. For e.g. a patent granted in
India is valid only for India and not in the USA.

The protection so granted in a country / region not only identifies the rights of the creator/
inventor or his assignees, but also enables the right holder to enforce his rights against infringers.
Moreover, several international agreements exist to monitor that the inventor/creator are not
denied of his/her rights.

Statutes referred:

1. The Patents Act, 1970

2. TRIPS Agreement, 1995

Websites referred:

1. www.legalserviceindia.com
2. www.ip-watch.org
3. www.nishithdesai.com
4. scholar.google.co.in
5. papers.ssrn.com
6. www. nujslawreview.org
7. www.lawyersclubindia.com
8. ir.inflibnet.ac.in